Means for removing cotton droppings from floors



s. E. PHALOR. MEANS FGR' REMOVING COTTON DROPPINGS FROM FLOORS.

I I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1920- v 1,382,542. Pamnted June 21 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL II-IALOR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RILEY H. BEAN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

MEANS FOR REMOVING COTTON DROPPINGS FROM FLOORS Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 21, 1921 Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,730.

' To all 20 7mm it may concern:

, Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. PI-IALOR, a

citizen of the i United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Means for Bemoving Cotton Droppings from Floors,.of which the following is a specification.

In the operation of cotton batting machines there is a considerable accumulation of droppings of cotton upon the floor under the machine. The accumulation if neglected becomes so great as to interfere with the operation of the machine. Heretofore such droppings have been removed by means of a'hand rake thereby consuming much time and causing much inconvenience. ject of. the present invention is to automatically remove these droppings and return them to the hopper of the batting machine. This I accomplish by simple and inexpensive apparatus, as hereinafter described.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the features of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view showing the apparatus retracted but making a forward stroke.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing in the solid lines the apparatus making a rearward stroke. 7

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the-rear blade or flight.

' Fig. 5 is an end view of the slide with the other parts removed.

In the views 5 is a rectangular sled-like frame made up of top boards 5, 5 and end runners 5 so as to be open fore and aft at its lower side to permit it to pass rearward over droppings without shoving them rearward. Hinged to said frame in the rear of its front, as shown at- 6, are parallel frame bars 7 carrying between their forward ends the forward blade or flight 8.- Hinged to the front end of the slide 5, as at 9, is the rear blade or flight 10. it being of the same length as the front of the frame 5 so that the end runners form a stop for that blade. The rear blade 10 has upwardly extending arms 11 to which are hingedly secured rods 12 extending rearward to suitable means for imparting to them and the slide a recipof the slide 5 on the floor is such as to The obrocating motion. Such reciprocating means can be driven by a suitable part on or at tached to the batting machine. .Secured t0 the opposite ends of the rear blade 10 are forwardly extending blocks 10 constituting stops so that when the rear blade is raised upon the rearward stroke of the slide the blade 8 is supported in elevated position, as depicted in Fig. 2. The weight and drag ermit the actuation of the rear blade by the ,reciprocated rods 12. In the forward movement the rear blade closes against the front open end of. the slide.

The character 13 designates the hopper of the batting machine In the wall of said hopper is'formed an opening 14 leading to which from the floor under the batting ma chine is an inclined screen 15 up which the droppings are pushed by the forward blade 8. The operation is this: When vthe recipro cated rods are shoved forward, that is toward the hopper, the blades assume lowered positions, as shown in Fig. 1, and the droppings are pushed forward. In this stroke the forward blade, because it is hinged and movable independently of the rear blade, rides up the inclined screen to the broken line position shown in Fig. 2 shoving the droppings into the hopper. Upon the rearward stroke the forward blade is held elevated, as seen in Fig. 2, by the stops 10 so as to pass over the bunch of cotton at 16 that was pushed forward by the rear blade upon the preceding stroke. Both blades are held elevated during. the entire rearward stroke because of the pull of the reciprocated rods on the arms 11 of the rear blade. Upon the next forward stroke of the reciprocated rods both blades descend into feeding position, the forward one by gravity and the rear one by the push of the reciprocated rods on the arms 11. When the cotton is pushed up the screen dirt that may have been gathered by itfrom the floor drops out.

The forms of the parts can be changed; without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. Means for feeding material along a surface comprising, in combination, a slide,

a material-feeding blade hinged to the slide, a second feeding blade in advance of the first mentioned blade hinged to the slide and movable on its hinge independently of movement'of thefirst mentioned blade, means for reciprocating the slide and holding both blades raised on the rearward stroke,the-

blades being depressed on the forward or,

feedim stroke.

7 2. eans for feeding' material along a surface comprising, in combination, a slide open fore and aft at its; lower sidefamaterial.feeding blade hinged to the front of the slide, a second feeding blade in advance of the first mentioned blade hinged to the SllClGillldll'lOVfiblG on its hinge independently of movement of'the first mentioned blade,

- ineans for reciprocating the slide andhold- 7 comprising, in combination, a slideopen ingb'oth blades raisedon the rearward stroke, the blades being depressed on the forward or feeding stroke.

3. Means for feeding material along a horizontal surface and up an inclined-one comprising, in combination, a slide, a ma terial-feeding blade hinged to the front It the slide, a'second blade in advance of the first mentioned blade hinged to the slide and movable on its hinge independently of movement of the first mentioned blade,

means for reciprocating the slide and operfore and aft at its lower side,'.a material feeding blade hinged to the front of the slide, a secondrfeeding blade in advance of the first mentioned blade hinged to the slide movable on .its" hinge independently of Vmovement of the first mentioned blade, means for-reciprocating the slide and operating the first mentioned blade, and means supporting the second mentioned blade in elevated position upon the non-feeding stroke of the slide.'

5. Means \for feedingmaterial alonga horizontal surface and up an inclined one comprising, in combination, a slide, a material-feeding blade hinged to thefront of the slide, a second feeding blade in advance of the first mentioned blade hinged to the slide'and movable on its hinge independ Vently of the movement of the first mentioned blade, means for reciprocating the slidecand. 5 operating the first mentioned blade, and

means connected with the first mentioned blade for supporting the second mentioned blade in elevated position'u'pon the nonfeeding stroke of the slide.

p 6. Means for feeding material along a horizontal surface and up an inclined one comprising, in combination, a slide, a ma terial-feeding blade hinged'to the front of the slide, a "second feeding blade in ad- Vance of the-first mentionedblade'hinged to the slide and movable on its hinge independmentioned blade for reciprocating the slide and operating the first mentioned blade, and v means for supportingthe second mentioned feeding stroke ofthe slide.

7 SAMUEL E. HAT-ion.

70 blade in elevated position upon the nonently of the movement of the first mentioned blade, means connected with the'first 

